Sad-iron.



Patented Dec. I7, |90I.

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PATENT ROBERT FULTON COLLINS, OF MANCHESTER, OHIO.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,288, dated December 17, 1901.

Application filed July 15, 1901. Serial No. 68,327. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FULTON CoL- LINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Adams and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sad-irons; and the objects of the same are to construct an iron of this class which will be provided with simple and efficient means for holding the heating-iron in place, for locking the cover on the iron, and for raising the cover over the catch or keeper. These objects are accomplished by the simple and novel construction described in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my iron. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the sam e. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the cover. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail rear elevation of the cover. Fig. 5 is a detail of the guide-lugs, together with a fragment of the shield.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates the box of my iron of the usual and appropriate shape. This casing is designed to accommodate a heatingblock 2, which ts the casing only moderately snug, thus allowing for expansion.

A snugly-fitting cover 3 for the box 1 is pivoted on a stud 4, which projects beyond the cover. A spiral spring 5 surrounds the stud, bears on the cover, and is held confined by a nut 5u. This arrangement allows for the expansion of the heating-block 1. Formed on the under side of the cover is a transverselyextending rib 6, which is beveled off at each end. This rib serves to engage the edge of the box and raise the cover 3 clear thereof in opening it to remove the heating-block 2.

The cover 3 is fitted with a handle of ordinary construction, comprising a'handhold 7 and standards S. A curved shield 9 is mounted under the handhold 7, is formed of resilient metal, and is secured at its rear end at 9 and at its center at 9b, leaving the front end free and bearing against the forward standard 8. This standard Sis longitudinally to limit its movement.

slotted at 10, grooved at 1l, and apertured at 12 to accommodate a trigger-lever 13, pivoted on a cross-pin 132t and provided with an arm 14, bearing a knob 14a. The arm 14 projects through the aperture 12, and the lever 13 ts in the groove 11, the bottom of which serves A pair of lugs 15 are mounted on the forward end of the shield 9 and engage the upper end of the lever 13. By this arrangement the shield 9 serves asa spring to return the lever to its initial position after displacement. The lower end of the lever 13 extends down through a slot 16, formed in the cover 3, and engages an aperture 17 in alatch-bar 18 on the under side of the cover. This latch-bar18 is slotted at 19 and permitted toslide longitudinally of the cover by two studs engaging the slots 19. A keeper 2O is mounted on the rear of the box l in position to be engaged by the bar 18 to secure the cover. The cover is cut away at 21 to accommodate the keeper 20. It should be noted that the rib 6 also serves to raise the cover over the keeper 20 in opening and closing the iron. This action is permitted by the spring 5.

To open the iron for removing the heatingblock 2, the kn'ob 14a is pressed inwardly, which action will retract the latch-bar 18 and release the cover, which can be swung around on stud 4 as an axis. The block 2 can then be removed and the cover swung around and locked after operating the latch-bar by use of the knob 14a.

^ I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modied in4 IOO of a stud mounted on said boX, a cover pvl In testimony whereof I have hereunto set oted to said stud, a spiral spring surroundmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witing said stud lfind bearing on said cover, and nesses.

a rib mounted on the undex` side of said cover ROBT. FULTON COLLINS. transversely thereof, said rib being beveled Witnesses:

oi to adapt it to engage the box to raise said EDWARD R. GREGORY, lid, substantially as described. l

S. W. SHELTON. 

